Cardiovascular endurance test

Cardiovascular endurance - is the ability of the heart, lungs and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to working muscles and tissues, as well as the ability of those muscles and tissues to utilize that oxygen. Endurance may also refer to the ability of the muscle to do repeated work without fatigue.

3-Minute STEP TEST

Purpose – To measure cardiovascular endurance

Equipment

1.       Step

Height of step:

·         Elementary   -           8 inches

·         Secondary     -           12 inches

2.      Stopwatch

Procedure 

For the Student:

a.      Position in front of the step.

b.      At the signal “Go,” step up and down on a bench for 3 minutes at a rate of 24 steps per minute.  One step consists of 4 beats – that is, “up with the left foot, up with the right foot, down with the left foot, down with the right foot.”

c.       Immediately after the exercise, stand and relax.  Don’t talk.

d.      Right after the activity, locate your pulse. (The first beat is zero.)

e.      Count the pulse for 10 seconds. Multiply it by 6.

For the Tester:

a.      As the student assume the position in front of the step, signal, “Ready” and “Go”, start the stopwatch for the 3-minute step test.

b.      After the test, let the student count his pulse for 10 seconds and multiply it by 6.

Scoring – record the 60-second heart rate after the activity